dozzie
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If i was to do round the world now it would be by plane!
The "good" old days
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Onyxia
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OK OK I probably don't qualify for this as it's not that long ago.... but how about horrid long rubber riding boots? You too can ride with each foot in its own little Turkish bath...
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Dont diss riding wellies
I still love them now,always adored synthetic stuff,although I do remember being soooo shocked at the sight of a bright red synththetic saddle
Old style hats
and beign told to check the horse was OK before you even thoguht about moaning abotu your own knocks and bumps...even if you leg was hanging off
New zealand turnouts
Dont miss them at all!
I'm 27 so caught the back end of the "old school" as a child,the new things were becoming more accepted but still new.
On the while,the good old days are normaly a nice plce to visit,but wouldnt want to go back there
OK OK I probably don't qualify for this as it's not that long ago.... but how about horrid long rubber riding boots? You too can ride with each foot in its own little Turkish bath...
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I still love them now,always adored synthetic stuff,although I do remember being soooo shocked at the sight of a bright red synththetic saddle
Old style hats
New zealand turnouts
I'm 27 so caught the back end of the "old school" as a child,the new things were becoming more accepted but still new.
On the while,the good old days are normaly a nice plce to visit,but wouldnt want to go back there
sykokat
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Doing my AI with the invincable Ann Hammond, I remember what it was like and what we had to do.
Jute rugs with loads of layers and big roller over the top.
No mixes, only straights.
Everything ridden in a snaffle.
Tack cleaned every day.
All on straw.
Cutting carrots by the skip full.
Cutting our own chaff with a very old chaff cutting wheel which resembled something of a steam engine.
White shirt navy tie, v neck navy sweater and a hacking jacket, cream jods, gloves and hairnets for ALL riding and teaching/lessons.
Strict routine, no corners cut what so ever.
Pooh picking the fields with little orange skips.
Making our own haynets from orange bailing twine.
Every haynet/portion of hay carefully weighed
Makes anything today seem so much easier!!!
Jute rugs with loads of layers and big roller over the top.
No mixes, only straights.
Everything ridden in a snaffle.
Tack cleaned every day.
All on straw.
Cutting carrots by the skip full.
Cutting our own chaff with a very old chaff cutting wheel which resembled something of a steam engine.
White shirt navy tie, v neck navy sweater and a hacking jacket, cream jods, gloves and hairnets for ALL riding and teaching/lessons.
Strict routine, no corners cut what so ever.
Pooh picking the fields with little orange skips.
Making our own haynets from orange bailing twine.
Every haynet/portion of hay carefully weighed
Makes anything today seem so much easier!!!
Daisychain
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Yeah i agree with you here! I have a pair of decent rubber boots, (toggi) which i have had for 3yrs!!!
I actually find them invaluble as you can turn horses out, rinse them under the tap and then ride out!!! Extreamely hard wearing and double up as a welly.
I like practicality round horses not fashion!!!
I actually find them invaluble as you can turn horses out, rinse them under the tap and then ride out!!! Extreamely hard wearing and double up as a welly.
I like practicality round horses not fashion!!!
sykokat
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Just remembered something else!
Riding with no stirrups and reins, in canter, arms folded and changing the rein in canter!!! I did it!!!
Also, no numnahs allowed either and if the saddle had any white grease on it afterwards!! Oh boy!! You copped it!!
There are bound to be other things but can't think at the mo.
Riding with no stirrups and reins, in canter, arms folded and changing the rein in canter!!! I did it!!!
Also, no numnahs allowed either and if the saddle had any white grease on it afterwards!! Oh boy!! You copped it!!
There are bound to be other things but can't think at the mo.
Boater
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"Extra Tail" the fly spray that smelt so sweet, Bloom shampoo, putting coloured bandages on your pony's front legs 'cos it looked good when you rode out. Cantering on every available bit of grass. Yellow polo neck sweaters. My Dad paid £50 for my first pony when I was 16, said pony was wild, entire and I was riding him after 2 weeks!
Mickeymoo
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would regularly hack about 5 miles to a show, sit on pony all day, do every class possible and hack home - happy with a pocket full of rosies.
waited till all shoes fell off before booking blacksmith, then hacked miles to get to him, and trotted home with new feet!.
oh, and blacksmith made the shoes from a long strip of metal - not ready made ones like today.
When pony had colic would walk it round and round for hours.
Pony lived out, the only rug I owned was a string sweat rug and it was maroon.
waited till all shoes fell off before booking blacksmith, then hacked miles to get to him, and trotted home with new feet!.
oh, and blacksmith made the shoes from a long strip of metal - not ready made ones like today.
When pony had colic would walk it round and round for hours.
Pony lived out, the only rug I owned was a string sweat rug and it was maroon.
frannieuk
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NO power steering in the Bedford TK either - I had a green one. It absolutely killed my shoulders turning that darned steering wheel. And no fail-safe brakes. You really could be driving along and suddenly lose your brakes. Modern lorries fail on and stop.
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I still have one of these
she was built in 1970 and is still alive
NO power steering in the Bedford TK either - I had a green one. It absolutely killed my shoulders turning that darned steering wheel. And no fail-safe brakes. You really could be driving along and suddenly lose your brakes. Modern lorries fail on and stop.
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I still have one of these
brighthair
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I can still make a haynet from baling twine ;-) and also a headcollar as well - came in handy when I found a loose horse on the road
jumping everything in sight on a hack, picnic tables, park benches... paddling in the reservoir up Rivi (shhh!!!)
stopping at the barn/shop on a hack to get sweets, and on one memorable occasion, through a McDonalds drive through
proper overeach boots you had to pull on, not the ones now with velcro!
bit rings - seem to have gone out of fashion now
sugar beet you had to soak for 24 hours
cold shoeing - does it still exist?!
my beloved Nag Rags matching numnah, jumper and hat silk
the hats with the chin cups, I always wondered why I had spots on my chin!
Waxed jackets - still got mine, my Dads swiped it though
blue and red being in fashion - rugs were always blue with red surcingles, and headcollars too
hacking for hours, and coming home from the riding club rallies with Mum following so we could see by her headlights
jumping everything in sight on a hack, picnic tables, park benches... paddling in the reservoir up Rivi (shhh!!!)
stopping at the barn/shop on a hack to get sweets, and on one memorable occasion, through a McDonalds drive through
proper overeach boots you had to pull on, not the ones now with velcro!
bit rings - seem to have gone out of fashion now
sugar beet you had to soak for 24 hours
cold shoeing - does it still exist?!
my beloved Nag Rags matching numnah, jumper and hat silk
the hats with the chin cups, I always wondered why I had spots on my chin!
Waxed jackets - still got mine, my Dads swiped it though
blue and red being in fashion - rugs were always blue with red surcingles, and headcollars too
hacking for hours, and coming home from the riding club rallies with Mum following so we could see by her headlights
cptrayes
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Yes! WHY yellow polo necks? I got my Mum to knit me one
chaps89
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What's Chase me Charlie?
Also, if you read books from back then, if a horse had colic, it got a colic drench. What was that?
It always used to be get back on and just shut up and sit up if you came off, no whinging, you always got back on straight away.
I remember the 'Jill' books and the Pony Library with books by the Pullein Thompson sisters, Monica Edward & Patricia Leitch. (Tho I have read these as second generation, they belong to my mother!)
They still do proper gymkhana games at the local show and I still use thatching on occasion but everything else is before my time.
Also, if you read books from back then, if a horse had colic, it got a colic drench. What was that?
It always used to be get back on and just shut up and sit up if you came off, no whinging, you always got back on straight away.
I remember the 'Jill' books and the Pony Library with books by the Pullein Thompson sisters, Monica Edward & Patricia Leitch. (Tho I have read these as second generation, they belong to my mother!)
They still do proper gymkhana games at the local show and I still use thatching on occasion but everything else is before my time.
cptrayes
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Chase me Charlie is where there is only one fence and everyone jumps it or is elminated. Then the fence goes up. It only stops when there is only one horse that clears the fence, no matter HOW high it goes.
Drench for colic was liquid paraffin. Still is I think.
Drench for colic was liquid paraffin. Still is I think.
deskbound
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Yes! WHY yellow polo necks? I got my Mum to knit me one
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I blame a certain Lucinda Green for that one.... and Ginny Leng (nee Holgate, now Elliot) for the purple versions....
Yes! WHY yellow polo necks? I got my Mum to knit me one
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I blame a certain Lucinda Green for that one.... and Ginny Leng (nee Holgate, now Elliot) for the purple versions....
Bert&Maud
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Rarely met a car on the road and if you did they always slowed down, and sometimes even stopped!
Ladies (not me!) hacking out in a headscarf!
Horses were never schooled until I'd been riding about 15 years and we got our own arena, before that if we weren't hacking out we were jumping heaps of old sticks in the field or going to Riding Club/Pony Club rallies when we all used to trot in endless circles around an unlevel field. Each horse had one saddle, one bridle/bit, one stable rug and one NZ, and that was about it!! And these few belongings were expected to last it for years! Derby House would not have survived in the 60's & 70's!
Ladies (not me!) hacking out in a headscarf!
Horses were never schooled until I'd been riding about 15 years and we got our own arena, before that if we weren't hacking out we were jumping heaps of old sticks in the field or going to Riding Club/Pony Club rallies when we all used to trot in endless circles around an unlevel field. Each horse had one saddle, one bridle/bit, one stable rug and one NZ, and that was about it!! And these few belongings were expected to last it for years! Derby House would not have survived in the 60's & 70's!
lindsayH
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And even the snow was warmer.
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ROFL!!!
Great thread, really enjoyed it! I remember those bit rings and pull on overreach boots. Everyone had a different way of getting them on/off. Some poured a kettle over them, others used 2 bits of twine etc.
And even the snow was warmer.
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ROFL!!!
Great thread, really enjoyed it! I remember those bit rings and pull on overreach boots. Everyone had a different way of getting them on/off. Some poured a kettle over them, others used 2 bits of twine etc.
Quadro
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being aloud to ride the riding school ponies to the field bare back by yourself after a lesson!!!
riding school ponies having stalls not stables
and endless pairs of magic gloves
i know you can still buy them but they dont seem as popular
riding school ponies having stalls not stables
and endless pairs of magic gloves
dozzie
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McDonalds????- Didnt exist!
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Mum following so we could see by her headlights
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Your mum had a car!!!!
You youngster! LOL!
ETA Does anyone remember Riding hats with the cork lining? I guess if you fell off in a river and decapitated your head it would float.
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Mum following so we could see by her headlights
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Your mum had a car!!!!
You youngster! LOL!
ETA Does anyone remember Riding hats with the cork lining? I guess if you fell off in a river and decapitated your head it would float.
jaye1780
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Wow I remember tons of these but some before my time! Round the world etc I used to love 
I remember riding ponies to fields in just headcollars too and vaulting over their bums onto their backs!
I also remember playing horses in my garden with friends setting jumps up and attaching bag straps to belt buckles for reins Riding all day long and in any weather & my wax jacket which used to leak too!
I remember riding ponies to fields in just headcollars too and vaulting over their bums onto their backs!I also remember playing horses in my garden with friends setting jumps up and attaching bag straps to belt buckles for reins
Riding all day long and in any weather & my wax jacket which used to leak too!
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McDonalds????- Didnt exist!
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Mum following so we could see by her headlights
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Your mum had a car!!!!
You youngster! LOL!
ETA Does anyone remember Riding hats with the cork lining? I guess if you fell off in a river and decapitated your head it would float.
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yes!! can't remember what car!!!
oh ok McDonalds wasn't that long ago
If I pretended I was a kid I might have got away with it
I remember the hats that came with bits of sticky foam lining to "fit" your head - no use at all
and feeding black treacle - my horse used to love it if I froze it, and left it for him to demolish
I've still got my old rubber riding boots they've got a maroon lining, and my feet used to sweat so much in them
McDonalds????- Didnt exist!
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Mum following so we could see by her headlights
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Your mum had a car!!!!
You youngster! LOL!
ETA Does anyone remember Riding hats with the cork lining? I guess if you fell off in a river and decapitated your head it would float.
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yes!! can't remember what car!!!
oh ok McDonalds wasn't that long ago
I remember the hats that came with bits of sticky foam lining to "fit" your head - no use at all
and feeding black treacle - my horse used to love it if I froze it, and left it for him to demolish
I've still got my old rubber riding boots they've got a maroon lining, and my feet used to sweat so much in them
Oberon
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I've been riding for 20 years and have never managed to successfully perform half scissors!
Yes rubber boots that took a sturdy friend to remove for you.
Eating fish and chips on the muck heap at the weekend.
Feeding molichop and bran.
One pair of beige jods and a pair of black jods.
Living in my wax jacket, then later my stripy Puffa jacket.
Yes rubber boots that took a sturdy friend to remove for you.
Eating fish and chips on the muck heap at the weekend.
Feeding molichop and bran.
One pair of beige jods and a pair of black jods.
Living in my wax jacket, then later my stripy Puffa jacket.
monkeymad
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My saddle used to get a regular flock once a year, by dropping it off at the local tack shop and picking it up a week later! It didn't matter that it wasn't fitted to the pony's back because I was in blissful ignorance that horses could get sore backs as physios didn't exist for horses then!!
jaye1780
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ooh forgot main ring blue mix, mucking out 20 stables & sweeping 3 yards aged 8 for free rides at riding school!!
rockysmum
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I must be ancient, I remember all this stuff
Biggest change is, IT USED TO BE FUN
I feel sorry for the kids these days
Biggest change is, IT USED TO BE FUN
I feel sorry for the kids these days
miss_bird
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Gosh i know i am old i remember all of them, why did the wax jackets go slimy when wet and they always stank to high heavens.
Going to the tack shop was a treat but you only went there when you actually needed something.
Going to the tack shop was a treat but you only went there when you actually needed something.
YorksG
Over the hill and far awa
I have just remembered my Dad pulling me off the settee when trying to remove my boots
I was very small and the boots just would not let go
Also remember that it was fun, it still is for us, because we were lucky to have learnt in the days when it was.
Also remember that it was fun, it still is for us, because we were lucky to have learnt in the days when it was.
Pearlsacarolsinger
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I remember cork hats, string girths, hacking MILES to the farrier to have the horse hot-shod, being able to ride up the main road and canter on every grass verge quite safely. I also remember riding RS ponies back to the field bareback and the RI's most memorable instruction; "Don't LET him do that" and you didn't ask 'how do I stop him?' You just DIDN'T let him do that and you learned to *ride* not as my old instructor said recently 'they can only fiddle with their mouths and do 'dressage' these days.
tashpritty
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hehe i'm 18 and my boss is stil set in her ways, if the horses are wet we have to thatch with straw, feed bran and bran mashes and we have a huge stach of jute rugs, string vest and tons of bobbins. used for as horse stood in stalls rather than stables(from when her father owned yard) its amazing all the bits and bobs we come across.
oh and altough all the horse drive in different bits they all ride in a snaffle
oh and altough all the horse drive in different bits they all ride in a snaffle
YorksG
Over the hill and far awa
and all your YO horses will be dry and comfortable with their thatching
MrsMozartletoe
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Oh Joy
. I should be off to bed, but can't resist....
lol
Hats with fixed peaks and chin cups - hm, broken neck anyone?!
Hat with just a piece of elastic, that we usuallly just chewed on lol.
Pelhams
Single joint snaffles
Jodhpurs with no stretch! Yikes.
Cold starts - bus or walking five miles to the yard.
Riding one pony bareback and leading five others down country lanes
Whitney rugs (the wool ones)
Leather anti-cast rollers (wieghed a ton!)
Everything was in leather!
Cleaning all tack every day (was often the warmest part of the day!)
Banks that could be sat on or no lunch
Having to wear shirt, tie, v-necked jumper, beige jods, long black boots just to hack out in.
New Zealand rugs were very posh! (yikes)
Bran mashes
Milk powder to help put on weight.
Bandages for everything!
No water after heavy exercise - had to a wait for about half an hour.
Stapping - that built some muscle!
Quartering - all those rugs lol
Thatching
Wisps - making them
Lead ropes - always had to be wrapped up, never left loose.
All leather jod boots - had to be cleaned every day.
Hacking for miles, out for hours
The real charachters in the world of showjumping
Even my Mother knew who Harvey Smith was lol.
Right, off to bed now
Hats with fixed peaks and chin cups - hm, broken neck anyone?!
Hat with just a piece of elastic, that we usuallly just chewed on lol.
Pelhams
Single joint snaffles
Jodhpurs with no stretch! Yikes.
Cold starts - bus or walking five miles to the yard.
Riding one pony bareback and leading five others down country lanes
Whitney rugs (the wool ones)
Leather anti-cast rollers (wieghed a ton!)
Everything was in leather!
Cleaning all tack every day (was often the warmest part of the day!)
Banks that could be sat on or no lunch
Having to wear shirt, tie, v-necked jumper, beige jods, long black boots just to hack out in.
New Zealand rugs were very posh! (yikes)
Bran mashes
Milk powder to help put on weight.
Bandages for everything!
No water after heavy exercise - had to a wait for about half an hour.
Stapping - that built some muscle!
Quartering - all those rugs lol
Thatching
Wisps - making them
Lead ropes - always had to be wrapped up, never left loose.
All leather jod boots - had to be cleaned every day.
Hacking for miles, out for hours
The real charachters in the world of showjumping
Right, off to bed now
Munchkin
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QR after reading first page - sorry if someone's said this - but John Whitaker jumped the Derby in a pair of rubber boots the year before last, didn't he? Said he'd owned them for years and he wasn't spoiling his leather ones in the mud. I bet the sales of those went up a bit in the latter half of that year!
I remember jute and NZ rugs, mixing feeds taking half an hour, no such thing as natural balance shoeing or close contact saddles, and being taught to ride, rather than just to sit on a horse and look pretty.
Chase me Charlie competitions too! (Before H&S killed that off!) Piling crates under the jump wings at shows or balancing the pole on top of the wings when it got high. Sometimes bareback. Such fun!
Common sense, developing with experience into horse sense, came before crap such as "Parelli" which you can "learn" by spending a fortune and watching a DVD.
And I'm not even that old - I'm going back 20 years I suppose. Scary, imagine where we'll be in 20 years time?
I remember jute and NZ rugs, mixing feeds taking half an hour, no such thing as natural balance shoeing or close contact saddles, and being taught to ride, rather than just to sit on a horse and look pretty.
Chase me Charlie competitions too! (Before H&S killed that off!) Piling crates under the jump wings at shows or balancing the pole on top of the wings when it got high. Sometimes bareback. Such fun!
Common sense, developing with experience into horse sense, came before crap such as "Parelli" which you can "learn" by spending a fortune and watching a DVD.
And I'm not even that old - I'm going back 20 years I suppose. Scary, imagine where we'll be in 20 years time?